Abstract

Concern for quality of life has arisen from today's radical changes to medical care and the new ways of approaching disease and the patient. It is rooted however in very old philosophical thought on the meaning of human existence and on that of a good life. It shows that the difficulty in establishing a precise definition of quality of life does not mean there is no compelling need for it to be taken into consideration by the caregiving teams or the patients themselves.

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